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Ted Daniels, Ph.D.
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Originally published in Millennialism: An International Bibliography
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25. Arthur, David T. "Millerism." In The Rise of Adventism: Religion and Society in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America edited by Edwin Scott Gaustad. New York: Harper and Row, 1974.
A historical survey of the Millerite movement and the radical changes it underwent in its career.
- 26. ———. "Joshua V.Himes and the Cause of Adventism." In The Disappointed: Millerism and Millenarianism in the Nineteenth Century edited by Ronald L.Numbers and Jonathan M.Butler. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press, 1987: 36-58.
Himes, who became the chief promoter of Millerism, was a man of extraordinary energy. He was active in temperance, women's rights, Christian Union, peace, and nonresistance before becoming an Adventist when Miller promised him the ultimate reform. He was responsible for taking Millerism out of the countryside and introducing it to the cities. He organized the movement, started newspapers and published "millions" of [copies of] books, pamphlets, and periodicals about the coming End. He organized conferences and camp meetings. He was an inspired speaker and fund-raiser and a good administrator. He is an examplar of the type of secondary leader known as the "salesman."
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